Photo of the rising moon taken from the Valley of the Moon, California
By Wael Abdelgawad for IslamicSunrays.com
Today, try to count Allah’s blessings in your life.
Start with your breath, your beating heart, your ability to see, smell and touch, and the ability to laugh…
Continue to your favorite foods, the roof over your head, and the people who love you…
From there move out to the blue sky, the beauty of a single tree, the sunshine on your face, and the majesty of a rising moon…
Keep counting…
Don’t forget your imaan (your faith) and your knowledge of Allah. That is the greatest blessing of Allah and the truth is that you did nothing to earn it; rather it was a gift from Allah’s infinite mercy.
Also do not forget your safety. So many people in this world live in unsafe conditions; in war, poverty, starvation, refugee camps, political imprisonment, and other forms of extreme hardship. Just to wake up in your bed in the morning and know that your life is not in immediate danger is a great blessing.
Keep counting…
Allah says:
“[...] and if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them,” (14:34).
Wael Abdelgawad is an Egyptian-American living in Fresno, California. He is the founder of several Islamic websites, including Zawaj.com and IslamicAnswers.com, and also of various technology and travel websites. He is a writer and poet, and has been a web developer since 1997.
This project, IslamicSunrays.com, is very dear to his heart, as it has allowed him to express ideas that have growing inside him for many years.
Wael is divorced and has one lovely young daughter. He practices and teaches martial arts (somewhat obsessively), and loves Islamic books, science fiction, and vanilla fudge ice cream. Wael is an advocate for human rights and blogs about these issues at AbolishTorture.com. He is also a volunteer with the MyDeen Muslim youth organization in Fresno.
